Body-hanger for vehicles.



No. 683,741. Patented Oct. l90l. J. J. FETZEB.

BODY HANGER FOB VEHICLES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. FETZER, OF OOLUMBIANA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE HERBRAND COMPANY,OF FREMONT, OHIO.

BODY-HANGER FOR VEHICLES SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 683,741, dated October 1, 1901. Application filed August 12, 190i.Serial No. 71,827. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES J. FETZER, a citiien of the United States,residing at Columbiana, in the county of Oolumbiana and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Body-Hangers forVehicles; .and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the art of carriagemaking, and has particularreference to improvements in hangers for securing the body of a vehicleto its supporting-springs. It has further reference to hangers of thedouble type, as exemplified by United States Letters Patent No. 595,133,issued December 7, 1897, to Samuel R. Bailey, having alaterally-projecting spring-plate as the means of attachment. Hangers ofthis class have heretofore been secured in position by bolts passingthrough the projecting spring plate and spring. They have also beensecured by clips for binding the spring-plate to its supporting-spring;but so far as I am aware there has never before been a hanger inventedor produced capable of universal attachment either by through-bolts orclips without the necessity of changing the length of the vehicle-reachand its attachments.

The main object and purpose of my pres ent invention, therefore, is theproduction of an interchangeable hanger capable of meeting allrequirements of the trade whether for a through-bolt or a clipattachment without alteration in the length of the vehicle-reach andirons.

A further object is the production of a hanger of most compact andeconomical proportions, the body or bar whereof occupies a planeparallel with and immediately adj oining that occupied by itssupporting-spring, this fixed relation between said spring and bar beingat all times maintained regardless of the mode of connecting them.

The invention will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointedout in the claims following.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this application, andwhereon corresponding letters of reference indicate like parts in theseveral views, Figure 1 represents in side elevation the running-gear ofa vehicle with my improved body-hangers secured to the springs, thereach being broken away for economy of space. Fig. 2 is an enlargedperspective view of my invention applied to an elliptic end spring. Fig.3 is avertical section through spring and hanger, taken on the line 3 3of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are detached views of the invention,representing the same in plan and in front elevation, respectively. Fig.6 is a modification of the invention corresponding with Fig. 3, butshowing the hanger secured to its supporting-spring by through-bolts.

Reference being had to the drawings and letters thereon, A represents avehicle-body, B a vehicle-reach, and C D front and rear end springs,respectively, all of ordinary construction. Surmounting each spring 0 Dis an attaching-plate E, integral with and projecting laterally from thehanger bar F proper, which terminates in downwardly and inwardlyextending brackets G G, upon which latter the vehicle-body A rests andis secured either by clips or bolts, as the case may be.

H H represent clip-holes formed partly in plate E and partly in the barF, thus perforating said plate and bar at their line of intersection ,asbest shown by Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. Passing through these holesH H are clips I I, of any approved construction, which are partiallyembedded in the surface of bar F and encircle its plate E, thus securelybinding the structure to its supporting-spring.

This being a description of my invention in its preferred form ofconstruction and means of attachment, it will be particularly noted thatplate E may also be secured by means of through-bolts, as indicated byFig. 6, in which event the width of plate E and the position of bar Fwith relation to its supporting-spring remains unaltered, so that. as aconsequence standard reach and reach-irons are employed regardless ofwhether the hanger is clipped 0r bolted in position.

Heretofore it has been impossible to convert a bolted hanger into one ofthe clip type, owing to the reduced width of its attachingreaches ofdifierent lengths.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. As an article of manufacture a bodyhanger provided withalateralattaching=p1ate perforated by clip-holes extendinginto the 15hanger-bar, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture a bodyhanger provided with a lateralattaching-plate having clip-holes formed partly in the plate and partlyin the hanger-bar, substantially 20 as described.

In testimonywhereof I subscribe my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES J. FETZER.

Witnesses:

J. JEROME LIGHTFOOT, WM. E. DYRE.

